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Daniel Snowman’s latest book Why Not Let the Leaning Tower Collapse?”

contains some of the best essays Daniel has written over recent decadesincluding many of the more challenging on how we use – and misuse – what we think of as ‘history’.

Maria Meneghini Callas

Topics include:

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What have we meant by ‘Heritage’?

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Could the past have been different? What causes historical change?
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If we value 'authenticity’ shouldn’t the Leaning Tower of Pisa be restored to its original upright form? Or allowed to collapse?
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The argument for telling history backwards, starting with the present.
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Are historians equipped to make moral judgements about the past? How will we be judged by future historians?
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Might the horrors of Nazism and World War II eventually just slip into 'history' like the Romans or the Armada?
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Was Truman’s decision to drop the a-bomb a 'good thing' - or one of the most abhorrent decisions in history?
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Are the arts an integral part of history? Or merely a by-product of it?
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How did an ‘elite’ art form like opera become deep-rooted in the highly egalitarian USA?
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Nominative Determinism? 'Snowman' visits the polar regions (and is one of the first to report on climate change).

Books

Gilded Stage
Gilded Stage
The Hitler Emigres
Historians
Giants

See all Daniel’s books at various retailers